sanity

  • 11sanity — san|i|ty [ sænəti ] noun uncount 1. ) the ability to think and speak in a reasonable way and to behave normally: doubt your sanity (=think you may be mentally ill): I was beginning to doubt my own sanity. keep/lose your sanity (=remain/not remain …

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  • 12sanity — UK [ˈsænətɪ] / US noun [uncountable] 1) the ability to think and speak in a reasonable way and to behave normally doubt your sanity (= think you may be mentally ill): I was beginning to doubt my own sanity. keep/lose your sanity (= remainnot… …

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  • 13sanity — Soundness of mind; mental competency. A person is sane when he is of sound mind; when he is possessed of a mind which is not that of an imbecile and which is healthy. See Robinson v Adams, 62 Me 369. Sanity is not an ingredient of crime. It is a… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 14sanity — n. 1) to keep, maintain, preserve, retain one s sanity 2) to lose one s sanity * * * [ sænɪtɪ] maintain preserve retain one s sanity to keep to lose one s sanity …

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  • 15sanity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Mental soundness Nouns sanity, saneness, soundness, reason; rationality, normality, sobriety; lucidity; senses, sound mind, mens sana [in corpore sano]. See intellect. Verbs be sane, keep one s senses or …

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  • 16sanity — [[t]sæ̱nɪti[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT A person s sanity is their ability to think and behave normally and reasonably. He and his wife finally had to move from their apartment just to preserve their sanity. 2) N UNCOUNT If there is sanity in a situation… …

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  • 17sanity — noun (U) 1 the ability to think in a normal and sensible way: I took a vacation by myself to try to regain my sanity. 2 the condition of being mentally healthy: The man s story became stranger and stranger, and I began to doubt his sanity.… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 18sanity — noun 1) she was losing her sanity Syn: mental health, faculties, reason, rationality, saneness, stability, lucidity; sense, wits, mind 2) sanity has prevailed Syn: (common) sense, wi …

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  • 19sanity — noun Etymology: Middle English sanite, from Anglo French sanité, from Latin sanitat , sanitas health, sanity, from sanus healthy, sane Date: 15th century the quality or state of being sane; especially soundness or health of mind …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 20sanity — [ˈsænəti] noun [U] the ability to think and speak in a reasonable way and to behave normally I was beginning to doubt my own sanity (= think I was possibly mentally ill).[/ex] …

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